Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and its combined obesity indicators and the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sect... by Huoping Zheng, Meiling Xu, Jing Yang, Mingjun Xu

“…<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to explore the association between the triglyceride-Glucose Index (TyG) and its combination with obesity indicators in relation to the risk of hypertension among middle-aged and elderly individuals in China.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 9,248 participants aged 45 and above were selected from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. …”
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Identifying biomarkers for epilepsy after cerebral malaria in Zambian children: rationale and design of a prospective observational study by Bo Zhang, Archana A Patel, Gretchen L Birbeck, Maitreyi Mazumdar, Suzanna Mwanza, Rosemary Nyirongo, Dixon Berejena, Joseph Kasolo, Tina Mwale, Violet Nambeye, Kafula Lisa Nkole, Nfwama Kawatu, Alexander Rotenberg

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A relay race of ESCRT-III paralogs drives cell division in a hyperthermophilic archaeon by Junfeng Liu, Mickaël Lelek, Yunfeng Yang, Audrey Salles, Christophe Zimmer, Yulong Shen, Mart Krupovic

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From botany to bedside: a review of the health benefits of Lycium barbarum as a functional food by Alois Berisha, Elena-Alexandra Alexa, Robbie Kelleher, Tao Zhang

“…Native to East Asia and predominantly cultivated in regions such as the Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regions of China, Lycium barbarum (L. barbarum), commonly known as goji berry, has a long history in traditional medicine and is gaining recognition in contemporary health research. …”
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US-Japan Trade Relations Amid the Globalization Crisis by V. G. Shvydko

“…The rising confrontation between the United States and China amid the spread of novel coronavirus epidemic in early 2020 alleviated tensions over Japan-US trade issues by temporarily removing them from the focus of attention of the US presidential administra­tion. …”
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Asynchronicity of deglacial permafrost thawing controlled by millennial-scale climate variability by Xinwei Yan, Xu Zhang, Bo Liu, Huw T. Mithan, John Hellstrom, Sophie Nuber, Russell Drysdale, Junjie Wu, Fangyuan Lin, Ning Zhao, Yuao Zhang, Wengang Kang, Jianbao Liu

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Impact of Organ Donor Pretreatment With Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in a Murine Model of Allogenic Kidney Transplantation by An He, An He, Yiren Yang, Katja Kotsch, Arne Sattler

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Urban-rural difference in adverse outcomes of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity by FANG Zijian, LI Qingchun，XIE Li，SONG Xu，DAI Ruoqi，WU Yifei，JIA Qingjun，CHENG Qinglin

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Near telomere-to-telomere assembly of the Tarim pigeon (Columba livia) genome by Wenhao Yang, Hao Zhou, Jinlong Huang, Wenqi Zhu, Haobin Hou, Hejun Li, Lele Zhao, Jiang Zhang, Jiajia Liu, Chao Qin, Liyuan Wang, Huaixi Luo, Jianshen Zhu, Fuquan Xiao, Junfeng Yao, Changsuo Yang, He Meng

“…The Tarim pigeon, as a breed of Columba livia, is a locally indigenous breed unique to China. While the genome of C. livia was published in 2013, its assembly was fragmented and incomplete. …”
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Interaction of Hypertension and Insulin Resistance Exacerbates the Occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus in Healthy Individuals by Baomin Wang, Yumei Yang, Xiaomu Li

“…We conducted a retrospective study on 1251 adult medical examiners who were examined in the Physical Examination Center of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University (Shanghai, China) during 2015. All human subjects had no history of diabetes. …”
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Development of the US Plans for Post-War Japan during World War II by A. A. Sidorov

“…Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945 had formally ended the most destructive and bloody war in the history of mankind. Even before that a new balance of power on the international arena began to form, that would persist for almost half a century. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with burnout syndrome in resident physicians: A cross-sectional study in Italy by Luca DI GIAMPAOLO, Andrea ROSSETTI, Teresa GALANTI, Simone DE SIO, Luca COPPETA, Hector NIETO, Hiroo WADA, Niu QUIAO, Younes RAMI, Hicham KHABBACHE, Driss AIT ALI, Amelia RIZZO, Kavita BATRA, Murat YILDIRIM, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Francesco CHIRICO

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Status and risk factors for depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms among adolescents in the post-pandemic era by Xing-Jie Yang, Li-Bin Zhang, Lei-Lei Wang, Hu Deng, Yu-Long Li, Rong-Jia Zhao, Jia-Yan Xu, Yu-Chun Yang, Shuang-Jiang Zhou

“…Abstract Background Owing to their vulnerability to public health crises, adolescents’ mental health status, and related risk factors in the post-pandemic era in China require examination. This study aimed to lay a foundation for subsequent interventions and mental disorder prevention among adolescents. …”
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Study on Seismic Dynamic Response of Deep-Buried Tunnel Based on Tectonic Stress by Junjie He, Song Hu, Yonggang Guo

“…The southeast region of Tibet in China is prone to earthquakes at high seismic levels. …”
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Case report: Adult case of A20 haploinsufficiency suspected as neuro-Behçet disease by Harumi Shirai, Naoko Saito-Sato, Naoko Saito-Sato, Emiko Horiuchi, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Saori Kadowaki, Hidenori Ohnishi, Takeshi Suzuki

“…Despite suspicion of neuro-Behçet disease on the basis of the patient’s medical history, a definitive diagnosis could not be made. …”
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Biomass allocation between reproductive and vegetative organs of Artemisia along a large environmental gradient by Tumenjargal Tsogtsaikhan, Xuejun Yang, Ruiru Gao, Jiangrui Liu, Wenqiang Tang, Guofang Liu, Xuehua Ye, Zhenying Huang

“…Methods We collected 22 Artemisia species along a large environmental gradient in China and measured reproductive (infructescences including seeds) and vegetative (leaves, stems and roots) mass for each plant. …”
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High rate of false positive malaria rapid diagnostic tests in a district hospital in Uganda by Susanne E. Mortazavi, Susanne E. Mortazavi, Allan Lugaajju, Anna-Clara Ivarsson, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Hans Norrgren, Hans Norrgren, Kristina E. M. Persson, Kristina E. M. Persson

“…Demographic information, malaria history, and parasitemia levels were also recorded.ResultsAmong the RDT-positive participants, 48% tested negative by microscopy, and 45% of these were also negative by LAMP, indicating that 20% of all RDT-positive individuals were likely false positives. …”
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The Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) population genetic structure in Russia by E. A. Mudrik, Е. I. Ilyashenko, О. А. Goroshko, T. A. Kashentseva, М. V. Korepov, I. A. Sikorskiy, G. S. Dzhamirzoev, V. Yu. Ilyashenko, D. V. Politov

“…The Demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo Linneaus, 1758) is a widespread crane species of Eurasia distributed in the steppe and semi-desert zones from southeast Ukraine eastward to Northern China. The Demoiselle crane uses two wintering grounds in Africa and India corresponding to the European and Asian breeding parts of the range subdivided into several spatially separated breeding flocks. …”
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Camel tick species distribution in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates using MaxEnt modelling by Nighat Perveen, Sabir B. Muzaffar, Areej Jaradat, Olivier A. Sparagano, Arve L. Willingham, Ala Tabor

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